'No Man's Sky' creator says people are making millions of discoveries every hour

After years of hype, questions, and wide-eyed awe, "No Man's Sky"
finally came out on PS4 this week. The space exploration game
drops each player onto a different planet at the start (just one
of about 18 quintillion) and tasks them with finding a way to get
to the center of the universe.

Yes, that's more than one million discoveries by players in an
hour, and that number is growing. For a game that's all about
wowing us with big numbers, that's pretty impressive.

Each planet, plant, and animal in "No Man's Sky" was created not
by the hands of the developers, but by complex algorithms the
developers wrote. When players discover one of these things, they
can name it whatever they want, and if another player ever sees
that discovery, they'll also see that name.

Sean Murray's Twitter account has been a pretty delightful stream
of consciousness of someone finding out that millions of people
love something they made, so I definitely recommend checking that
out if you can. If you want to play "No Man's Sky" for yourself,
it's out on PS4 for $60.